He took the gold from their hands, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into an image of a calf.

Then they said, “Israel, this is your God,[a] who brought you up from the land of Egypt!”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 32:4 Or Israel, this is your god, or Israel, these are your gods

28 So the king sought advice.

Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, “Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here is your God[a] who brought you out of the land of Egypt.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 12:28 Or here are your gods

29 but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—worshiping the gold calves that were in Bethel and Dan.(A)

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16 They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God. They made cast images(A) for themselves, two calves, and an Asherah pole.(B) They worshiped the whole heavenly host(C) and served Baal.(D)

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